CRICKET

Eversdal Primary School boasts plenty of success on the cricket field. The reason for this is because we embrace the traditions of cricket. We believe in developing skills and mass participation. Where it is at all possible, we try to avoid situations where a child is simply a fielder. All players should be given an opportunity to contribute to the team effort. That means getting an opportunity to bat or bowl.

The school has full kits available for each team. Each kit contains three sets of everything a player needs to bat with (Except an abdominal guard). Therefore, it is not necessary to buy your son a new kit, however, the school kit may only be used for practices and matches. It may not be taken home.

A and B teams are usually merit based teams, with the C (and where possible D) teams being rotated on a weekly basis to give everyone a fair amount of game time. It is also the policy of the school that at least one practice session a week has all teams mixed. That way coaches can see all the players in action and the players of the lower teams can improve their skills by practicing with the boys who already have a high skill set.

U/10’s play matches on a Monday. These are usually 15 – 20 overs per innings, depending on what the host team wants to do. Matches generally finish between 17:00 and 18:00.

U/11’s play their matches on a Wednesday. Their matches are usually 20 overs per innings, depending on what the host team wants to do. Their matches usually finish between 18:00 and 18:30.

U/13’s play their matches on a Thursday. Matches are between 20 – 35 overs per innings, depending on what the host team wants to do. Here matches can finish any time between 18:00 and 19:00

A player only needs to attend 1 practice per week to qualify for a match.

Eversdal take part in a number of invitational tournaments each year. These are usually six a side tournaments. We also host an U/10 six a side in November each year.

Our U/13 A and U/11 A teams tour to Knysna every year and our U/13 B and C teams tour to Worcester in September as a pre-season preparation.